Chapter 167 Li An wins the grand prize

Finally, we walked to the red carpet and went to the venue under the arrangement of the staff.

Like the Golden Globe Awards, although everyone was crowded together, there were no round tables, no wine or food, just rows of seats.

Quite a few people have arrived now, and the two old men, Clint and Morgan, have already sat in their seats.

Chen An pulled the two girls over and sat down.

"You two came so early, I thought you were at the back."

Chen An, who had escaped, said to the two old men in suits.

Morgan crossed his legs, folded his hands on his knees in front of his legs, and said with a smile: "How about watching you enter the venue with two female companions?"

In response to this, Chen An chose to shut up and talk about something else.

Not long after, Jerry also came in. He came in with Sean Penn. After all, he was considered a producer for both films.

He was seated next to me. The Oscars are different from the Golden Globes, so Sean came anyway even though he was not nominated.

"Chen, how are you reading comics?" Jerry asked as soon as he sat down.

I'm already thinking about teaming up with Chen An again to complete the filming of Batman. For a program of this level, there's no better choice than myself and Chen.

Chen An nodded and said, "I've read most of it. I haven't finished it yet, but I'm almost there and I have a better understanding of it." I spent two or three weeks reading most of the comics that Jerry brought over, and I have a better understanding of Batman.

A little more three-dimensional.

It is undeniable that this guy who has no superpowers but only money does have some charm. No wonder his popularity sometimes exceeds that of Superman, the first superhero.

"So have you got any plans to conceive a script?" Jerry came over and asked.

There were two or three seats between the two of them, so he sat directly at the front of the chair and stretched his front half of his body and head over.

Chen An didn't say much, just shook his head, indicating that he hadn't.

But the two women in the middle were a little curious. Was Chen going to write another script?
Then at the same time, he looked at Chen who was sitting on the chair.

But no one spoke.

Jerry also sat back in his seat with a look of regret.

As the various crews entered the theater, Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also entered the theater later.

When Chen An looked over, Zhang Ziyi from the other crew was already waving at him.

The same goes for Li An.

Zhou Runfa and Yang Ziqiong just smiled and nodded at Chen An.

Chen An also responded.

This crew has also received much attention here. As one of the most popular film crews in the United States recently, it is also the first foreign language film to exceed 100 million US dollars in the United States.

Nominated for ten awards as a Chinese-language film!
Although there were no awards for actors, there were nominations for Best Picture, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director.

More than Chen An’s two films combined.

After the time came, the ceremony announcer began to announce the start of the award ceremony.

The ceremony was quite grand, with a large screen directly connected to the introduction of three astronauts from the United States International Space Station, expressing their best wishes for this year's Oscars.

Then it was announced that the host of this year's Oscars, an old white actor Steve Martin, would appear.

As soon as the old man appeared on the stage, he started whining and looked like he deserved a beating. He started by teasing the wife of Russell Crowe, the leading actor of "Gladiator".

The camera was also aimed at Russell Crowe who was sitting below, and he could only nod with a forced smile.

Fortunately, he is not dark-skinned, otherwise he would have been hit with two big sinuses. Let him know what is just the right amount of force, and it will not hurt his brain.

Then, Chen An, who was watching the show, was teased again. Chen An, who was used to it, did not say anything, but just greeted the camera.

Finally, he chattered on the stage for a while, teasing many of the nominated actors before starting the award ceremony.

The first award presenter to come on stage was Catherine Zeta-Jones, the heroine of "Traffic", and the first award presented was Best Art Direction.

The first winner was Ye Jintian, the art director of Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!
When the award was presented, Chen An also applauded and congratulated. After all, it was a Chinese who won the award, so he had to congratulate him.

I was thinking about whether I should ask him to make one for me later. His craftsmanship is quite impressive.

The art direction of famous Chinese-language films such as "A Better Tomorrow" and "Rouge" are all his works, and he is definitely one of the best in the industry.

That kind of oriental poetic beauty is both gorgeous and full of artistic conception!

Ye Jintian also stood up amid the applause, straightened his black suit, walked to the stage and received the trophy.

An ordinary middle-aged man wearing glasses, who looked a little shy, took out a piece of paper with his acceptance speech written on it from his pocket and started reading it.

The card was not big and the acceptance speech was not long either. It just thanked the parents and Li An.

Next, the eye-catching actor Nicolas Cage, also known as Zhao Si, walked out from the right side of the podium and began to announce the Best Supporting Actress award.

The two crews of Chen An and Li An have little to do with each other.

However, the Best Film Editing award was also nominated by both Chen An and Li An, but it was won by the editor of "Traffic".

Chen An didn't care too much about it, and he also comforted the editor of "District 9", a burly white man with a big beard but an indescribable look of loss on his face.

Afterwards, Li An's crew had a one-man show, winning the Best Original Score and Best Photography awards!
The latter, Bao Dexi, is the first Chinese photographer who is not American.

However, An Chen's "District 9" failed to win the Best Visual Effects Award again.

During the session to commemorate deceased filmmakers, Chen An quietly left his seat and walked backstage.

Next, Chen An was invited to present the Best Foreign Language Film award together with an old man.

The old man's name is Jack Valenti, an American politician with a lot of imagination.

The reason why he came to attend this party is because the film rating system of the United States was founded and promoted by him, so he is also a part of it.

Chen An shook hands with him and had a brief conversation with him, and then the two of them appeared on the podium together.

Li An, who was sitting in the audience, probably understood the moment he saw Chen An appear.

The two of them went on stage together. Chen An greeted everyone first, and then the old man Jack Valenti started speaking, and he also announced the five nominated films.

The winning envelope was in Chen An's hand. In fact, Chen An knew who it belonged to without tearing it open.

But after the film was over, Jack Valenti made a gesture with his hand inviting Chen An to unveil the Best Foreign Language Film.

Chen An nodded and smiled as he opened the envelope. Inside was the English title of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". He leaned over to the microphone and said, "In fact, I had already guessed it when the program team invited me to present the award. Go ahead, Director Li An. The winner is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" from China and Taiwan! Director Li An!"

In the first half, Chen An spoke directly in Chinese, pointed at Li An in the audience, and then announced the winning film in English.

Li An stood up and hugged everyone in the crew warmly, then walked onto the stage alone. This time he didn't have Zhang Ziyi to accompany him like his senior brother Zhang did, and he wondered if he would feel lonely.

Li An came up to the stage, took the trophy from Chen An's hand, hugged Chen An warmly, thanked him softly, and then began his speech.

They were all from the same crew, and each winner simply took out a piece of paper and started reading their acceptance speech.

I thanked the entire crew as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, and made everything fair.

(End of this chapter)